The Shono-type electroorganic oxidation of unfunctionalised amides. Carbon–carbon bond formation via electrogenerated N-acyliminium ions

• Alan M. Jones and
• Craig E. Banks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3056–3072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.323

• –Baylis–Hillman-type reaction [62]. Anodic methoxylation can be combined with biocatalytic approaches to prepare stereodivergent 4-hydroxypiperidines [63]. 3-Hydroxy-6-substituted piperidines inaccessible by conventional synthesis approaches can also be effectively synthesised by anodic methoxylation [64

Concise, stereodivergent and highly stereoselective synthesis of cis- and trans-2-substituted 3-hydroxypiperidines – development of a phosphite-driven cyclodehydration

• Peter H. Huy,
• Julia C. Westphal and
• Ari M. P. Koskinen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 369–383, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.35

• overcoming separation difficulties usually associated to triphenylphosphine oxide. Keywords: amino acids; asymmetric synthesis; cyclodehydration; hydroxypiperidines; natural products; one-pot; Introduction 1,2-Amino alcohols of the type A (Figure 1) represent a frequent core motif of many pharmacologically

• 13b was obtained in only 63% yield (entry 3). The lower yield compared to the hydroxypiperidines 11a,b and 11d (≥74%, see Table 2) might be explained by the preference of a conformation of the phosphonium intermediate III of 11a,b and 11d (Scheme 5), which is favourable for the cyclisation. This